David Miliband: Plans to change the Charity Commission's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) and administration budget for 2006-07.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Charity Commission total DEL will be increased by £550,000 from £30,992,000 to £31,542,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:
	
		
			  £'000s 
			 Changes New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 900 - 31,143 0 31,143 
			 Of which: Administration Budget(*) 900 - 31,143 0 31,143 
			 Near cash in RDEL 100 800 29,332 800 30,132 
			 Capital 0 - 1,399 0 1,399 
			 Depreciation(**) -350 - -1,000 0 -1,000 
			 Total 550 - 31,542 0 31,542 
			 (*)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near cash in RDEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. 
			 (**)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	initial expenditure of £200,000 on implementing the new Charities Act, including recruitment of new Commissioners;
	one-off expenditure of £500,000 on staff severances to reduce baseline pay costs;
	one-off expenditure of £200,000 in respect of dilapidations on the London office.
	The increases will be funded by the take up of the Commission's end of year flexibility entitlement.